William Carter Wright

Representative from Georgia

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1917–1933ID W000773

LegislationHEADLINE

91%with Dems

of 691 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

91%with Dems

of 691 · both combined

Steepest move

−13 pts

1917 → 1919

still a Democrat

Career arc

Legislation leads. Each point is one Congress: how often they sided with the Democratic majority on contested bills, resolutions and amendments.

100%75%50%25%0%sides with Democrats ↑sides with Republicans ↓191719231929

1931–3272nd Congress

Sat as a Democrat

95.2%with Democrats

of 62 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1917 → 1919, −13 pts — while still a Democrat.

Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

Every roll call before 1973 has no description. These rows carry a date, usually a bill number, how they voted and which side that matched — nothing is filled in by hand.

DateBillVoteTypeCastSided with

Feb 28, 1933S. 5122No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Feb 28, 1933H.R. 397No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Feb 25, 1933H.R. 14363No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEANEITHER · NOT SCORED

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 14363), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Nay.

Where this lands

YEAVoted against both majorities — not scored

Open roll call

Feb 25, 1933H.R. 14395No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Feb 24, 1933H.R. 14395No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 24, 1933H.R. 387No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Feb 22, 1933H.R. 14724No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Feb 21, 1933H.R. 13520No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED

Feb 21, 1933H.R. 13520No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

9 most recent roll calls shown · 62 contested votes scored in the 72nd CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation

The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.

Service record

8 Congresses

65th · 191772nd · 1931

Democrat · House · GA65th–72nd

Term datesexact

William Carter Wright

Representative from Georgia

HOUSED1917–19338 CONGRESSES

Compare

LegislationHEADLINE

91.2%with Democrats

of 691 votes · 8.8% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested91%of 691 · combined

Steepest move−13 pts1917→19, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019171931

1931–32 · 72nd · Democrat · of 62 votes95.2%

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Votes

Every roll call before 1973 has no description. These rows carry a date, a bill number where one exists, how they voted and which side that matched.

Democratic majorityNay

Republican majorityNay

Counts toward scoreNo

Open roll call

Latest 6 shown · 62 contested votes scored in the 72nd

By policy area

career

The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls.

Service record

65th · 191772nd · 1931

Democrat65th–72nd

Party switchers

John Alexander LoganD→R · IL · 40th Wesley Wade WatkinsD→R · OK · 105th Ben Nighthorse CampbellD→R · CO · 104th